Safeguarding accuracy for CT imaging with industrial robots: Efficient calibration methods for arbitrary trajectories by Anton Weiss, Simon Wittl, Gabriel Herl, Simon Zabler, Anna Trauth, Markus G. R. Sause

“…In order to be able to scan an arbitrary Region of Interest (ROI), regardless of the position, size and weight of the specimen, conventional industrial robots can be used as flexible 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) manipulators. For example in a twin robot computed tomography system, acquisition geometries with arbitrary tool poses can be realized. …”
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Machine-Vision-Based Enhanced Deep Genetic Algorithm for Robot Action Analysis by Guifeng Wang, Lu-ming Zhang, Yichuan Sheng

“…The rank method first preprocesses the part copies, then uses the Sift feature twin similarity notification algorithm to filter the part idols, and finally uses in-law deformation to place the target parts. …”
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Construction of flame-retardant and water-resistant polybutylene terephthalate composites by reactive extrusion by Guowen Ran, Jingfan Zhang, Yihui Yuan, Haisheng Xie, Tao Li, Xiucai Lan, Yanxiao Cao

“…The resulting encapsulated flame retardant (EP@FR) was then incorporated into PBT via a twin-screw extruder. During extrusion process, the reactive epoxy groups interacted with the free terminal hydroxy and carboxy derived from the PBT, forming covalent bonds at the interface of FR and PBT, thereby enhancing flame retardancy and water resistance. …”
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Drag Reduction and Performance Improvement of Hydraulic Torque Converters with Multiple Biological Characteristics by Liu Chunbao, Li Li, Lei Yulong, Liu Changsuo, Zhang Yubo

“…Fish-like, dolphin-like, and bionic nonsmooth surfaces were employed in a hydraulic torque converter to achieve drag reduction and performance improvement, which were aimed at reducing profile loss, impacting loss and friction loss, respectively. YJSW335, a twin turbine torque converter, was bionically designed delicately. …”
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Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Insulin Secretion and Signaling-Related Genes in Etiology of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Zahra Shaaban, Arezoo Khoradmehr, Amir Amiri-Yekta, Fariborz Nowzari, Mohammad Reza Jafarzadeh Shirazi, Amin Tamadon

“…Despite the finding that the genetic origin of PCOS is well demonstrated in previous twin and familial clustering studies, genes and factors that can exactly explain the PCOS pathophysiology are not known. …”
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Optimization of Open Boundary Conditions in a 3D Internal Tidal Model with the Adjoint Method around Hawaii by Anzhou Cao, Haibo Chen, Jicai Zhang, Xianqing Lv

“…The reasonability and feasibility of the model are tested by twin experiments (TEs). In TE1, OBCs on four open boundaries are successfully inverted by using independent point (IP) strategy, suggesting that IP strategy is useful in parameter estimation. …”
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Intramural Hematoma of the Esophagus Complicating Severe Preeclampsia by Simone Garzon, Giovanni Zanconato, Nicoletta Zatti, Giuseppe Chiarioni, Massimo Franchi

“…We report an unusual case of esophageal hematoma, presenting in a young preeclamptic woman after surgical delivery of a preterm twin pregnancy, with a favorable outcome following medical management.…”
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Swede Midge (Contarinia nasturtii Keiffer) Phenology and Management in Minnesota Community Gardens by Cindy Tong, Eric Burkness, Jonathan Dregni, Mary Rogers, Angie Ambourn, Jonathan Osthus

“…Since 2014, when continuous trapping began in Minnesota, USA, it has primarily been found in community gardens in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Trapping data obtained at Saint Paul community gardens over 3 years indicated that swede midge phenology in any particular garden varied from year to year. …”
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Fabrication and Characterization of a W-Band Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna-Coupled Niobium Microbolometer by M. Abdel-Rahman, M. Kamran Saleem, Najeeb Al-Khalli, Nacer Debbar, Majeed A. S. Alkanhal, Abdelrazik Sebak

“…We report on the fabrication and characterization of a novel antenna-coupled detector configuration for detection at 94 GHz, a coplanar waveguide- (CPW-) fed, slot-excited twin dielectric resonator antenna- (DRA-) coupled niobium (Nb) microbolometer. …”
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Space-Time Hybrid Model for Short-Time Travel Speed Prediction by Qi Fan, Wei Wang, Xiaojian Hu, Xuedong Hua, Zhuyun Liu

“…To achieve the research objective, one year of speed data was collected in Twin Cities Metro, Minnesota. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can be used to explore the periodic characteristics of speed data and show abilities in increasing the accuracy of travel speed prediction.…”
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Triplet Pregnancy with Partial Hydatidiform Mole Coexisting with Two Fetuses after Ovulation Induction and Intrauterine Insemination by Mehmet Serdar Kütük, Mehmet Dolanbay, Hilal Akalın, Mahmut Tuncay Özgün, Turhan Öktem, Munis Dündar, Ercan Aygen

“…Partial hydatidiform mole with dichorionic twin fetuses is extremely rare condition, and only three cases have been reported before. …”
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The influence of prenatal environmental conditions on the weight of newborn domestic pigs by S. V. Nikitin, S. P. Knyazev, V. I. Ermolayev

“…Using an original algorithm based on the comparison of the coefficients of correlation between the half-nests (the same average genotype and the same conditions of the embryonic environment) and the twin sockets (the same genotype, different conditions of the embryonic environment), it was possible to estimate the relative contribution of the various components to the weight of the newborn in the domestic pigs. …”
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Typology of historical baths of Kermanshah with emphasis on the location by amin ghahramani tolabi, sayed ali nouri

“…The results of this study show that Kermanshah province baths in terms of location are divided into 6 types: baths in the bazaar, single baths in neighborhoods, twin baths in neighborhoods, baths as an element of a complex in neighborhoods, baths in houses and baths They are divided in the rural context. …”
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Influence of Processing Type in the Morphology of Membranes Obtained from PA6/MMT Nanocomposites by Rodholfo da Silva Barbosa Ferreira, Caio Henrique do Ó Pereira, Rene Anisio da Paz, Amanda Melissa Damião Leite, Edcleide Maria Araújo, Hélio de Lucena Lira

“…The nanocomposites were produced in a high rotation homogenizer and in a twin screw extruder. From the nanocomposites and pure polymers processed in the two equipments, membranes were prepared by the immersion-precipitation method, using formic acid as solvent. …”
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Neural networks utilization in the video game industry by V. V. Godin, A. E. Terekhova, D. N. Bulatov, I. А. Zaremba

“…The future concept of using neural networks as a digital twin of a video game developer has been considered. …”
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Healing progression of tail docking and ear tag wounds in lambs by Jocelyn M. Woods, Sarah J. J. Adcock

“…Within 28 female Polypay twin pairs, one lamb was docked using a rubber ring between 1 and 2 days of age and the other lamb’s tail was left intact. …”
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South Africa’s Weekly Media: Front-Page Reporting 9/11, Preventing Islamophobia by Muhammed Haron

“… New York’s twin tower bombings, popularly referred to as 9/11, are regarded as a watershed period in world affairs. …”
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Micro and nanoparticulate PP/CaCO3 composites mechanical, thermal and transport properties - DOE by Juliano Martins Barbosa, Caroline Valadão Pacheco, Gisele Szilágyi, Patrícia Candioto de Oliveira, Renato Meneghetti Peres, Hélio Ribeiro

“…The additives were initially dispersed in homopolymer polypropylene (hPP) blended with compatibilizer maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (PP-g-MA) in twin-screw extruder, producing CaCO3 masterbatches, that were subsequently diluted in hPP. …”
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Effect of cellulose nanofibers and plantain peel fibers on mechanical, thermal, physicochemical properties in bio-based composites storage time by Juan Pablo Castañeda-Niño, José Herminsul Mina-Hernández, José Fernando Solanilla-Duque

“…A completely bio-based composite material was developed from a plantain thermoplastic starch (TPS) reinforced by a 30 % of lignocellulosic fibers from agro-industrial residues of plantain peel, by using a by using the processing sequence based on a twin-screw extrusion process and a hot compression molding to produce the corresponding test specimens. …”
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Progress Towards a Gene by David A van Heel, Jack Satsangi, Alisoun H Carey, Derek P Jewell

“…The pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD) is still unknown, but the importance of genetic susceptibility has been clearly shown by epidemiological data from family and twin studies. Linkage studies have identified two susceptibility loci for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) on chromosomes 12 and 16. …”
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